Happy Thanksgiving :)

[conuly]

A dark matter hurricane is headed our way

When Pop-Up Books Taught Popular Science

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Study Confirms Growing Up in a Home Filled With Books Is Good for You

I Create ‘3D Jelly Cakes’ That You’ll Probably Feel Sorry To Eat

A Break in the Quest for the Quantum Speed Limit

Even when families have issues, eating together can improve teen diets

Leaning Tower of Pisa 'now leaning less'

The Internet Is Filling Up Because Indians Are Sending Millions of ‘Good Morning!’ Texts

A Country’s Identity Is Hidden in Its Camouflage

This Town Once Feared the 10-Story Waves. Then the Extreme Surfers Showed Up.

You Snooze, You Lose: Insurers Make the Old Adage Literally True

The big city paradox: They’re getting richer but losing electoral clout

Taiwan's same-sex marriage vote divides families

Why Young Pakistanis Are Learning Chinese (More)

Xi launches Philippine charm offensive as China looks to dislodge U.S. influence

In China, a School Trains Boys to be ‘Real Men’ (I just want to take those boys and give them a big hug, and also some stuffed animals)

Japan wakes up to exploitation of foreign workers as immigration debate rages

Tossing a Bird That Does Not Fly Out of a Plane

The Last Vigil of the Octopus Parent

Fertility fraud: People conceived through errors, misdeeds in the industry are pressing for justice

Wage theft is a much bigger problem than other thefts combined

Why Are So Many Guatemalans Migrating to the U.S.?

The New Brothels: How Shady Landlords Play a Key Role in the Sex Trade

How a U.S. law intended to reduce dependence on fossil fuels has unleashed an environmental disaster in Indonesia.

Climate change: Report warns of growing impact on US life

How Extreme Weather Is Shrinking the Planet

85,000 children have starved to death during the Saudi-led intervention in Yemen, says new report

Comments

[author_by_night]

A Country’s Identity Is Hidden in Its Camouflage

Well, damn it, I was expecting to read about a country hidden by camouflage. :P

[peristaltor]

That apnea story is deeper than, well, the story.

I drive transit, so I need a Commercial Driver's License. To keep a CDL current, drivers need a Medical Certification, meaning a check-up with specific things checked, every two years.

Lately (past 5 years? Maybe 8?), the health mills that are qualified to issue Medical Certificates have been requiring drivers with neck sizes they didn't like (no one has revealed the size that triggers this requirement) to get a sleep test before the Med Cert could be issued.

If the sleep test revealed even *mild* apnea, the mill would require a CPAP with a monitor. If the owner didn't use it for at least 70% of assumed times of sleep, their "apnea" would be judged "untreated."

One co-worker got such a mild diagnosis, but tried the CPAP anyway. He couldn't sleep. The thing kept him up. That's the problem with mild apnea; you never get tired enough to overcome aversion to the machine. Why? You sleep well enough already.

He returned the machine. At a subsequent check-up, his HMO doc asked about the machine. He said he returned it. No Med Cert! Untreated apnea! He had to get a doc-in-a-box Med Cert on his own dime.

If we actually had reporters doing stories, someone would probably hit a gold mine of kickbacks from CPAP makers to check-up mills. Those days, though, are all but dead.

/rant

[conuly]

Geez, that sucks.

[dragonyphoenix]

When Pop-Up Books Taught Popular Science reminded me of this series. Baby University

[conuly]

Are they any good?

[dragonyphoenix]

I was reading one to my Dad, who used to teach high-school physics, over the phone and my roommate, in the other room, called out that it was the first time quantum physics made sense to her.